>> it takes me back to josh and how a tragedy was turned into triumph and it makes me happy. all right. good evening, everyone, i'm dob lemon. you're in the cnn newsroom. the next 24 hours may be critical in finding out which direction israel will take. 38,000 troops amass at the gaza border and tough talk from both sides, there's still a chance for diplomacy. but time is running out. today was the deadliest day yet. israel saying it lobbed 135 rockets into gaza and some reports say up to 29 palestinians were killed today alone, including 10 members of

the same family. on the other side of the border, air sirens screamed out in several cities. israel says it intercepted dozens of the nearly 150 rockets hamas fired including two targeted at tel aviv. the shelling is intense on both sides. cnn's anderson cooper witnessed it firsthand. he's been reporting live from gaza city. and earlier, i was on the air with anderson when a massive explosion took place nearby. watch what happened. >> in that blast, we know ten members of one family, also two media centers built -- [ blast ]. whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred -- just look out here. i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it is actually set off a number of car alarms. but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past -- really in the past hour. there have been a number of

explosions in the past hour or two. but that one -- that one was pretty loud. we actually -- the rockets continue to be fired from gaza toward israel, about three or four hours ago, there was a quite large rocket fired close to -- very close to this building where we are right now. as you mentioned, a tightly packed city, 1.7 million people and you know, people are living right on top of each other. and so kind of echos, ricochet off a building, unless you see where it landed, it is hard it get a sense of what part of the city it was headed. >> anderson, tell us what people are saying as you speak to them. >> look, there's a lot of fear. people are bone tired. this has been going on for days now. there's this constant sound of the drones. it is a -- you know a very eerie feeling. very strange feeling. the city appears very deserted. or they point out, people have nowhere else to go.

so they are still here. just hiding inside. people rarely are going outside of their apartments except when they absolutely have to to try to get food, cooking oil or any kind of supplies that they need. but shops are shut down. stores are shut down. you don't see a lot of people walking around on the street. and at night, it is completely deserted. and if people are out driving, they are driving very, very fast through the streets. but it is a very tricky time of the night to be going anywhere. >> that was earlier tonight on cnn. make sure to join anderson monday night at 8:00 eastern and 10:00 eastern for a special edition. ac 360 live from gaza city. netanyahu is prepared to significantly raise the bombs don't stop dropping. wolf blitzer has more on the iron defense system now. >> the iron dome is a really successful program so far. it's only been in business now for a little bit more than a

year. but the israelis have come up with the anti-missile, anti-rocket system where they get word of what is coming in and they launch this iron dome goes into action. and if the rocket or missile is aimed, don, at a populated area, city or strategic target or significant political target, it can knock down or destroy that missile in midair. like the patriot missile system as a lot of us were familiar with in u.s. wars over the past couple decades. but this is designed for short range rockets and missiles, if you will. and israelis say so far, it is about 90% success rate. they have been using it pretty successfully. problem is, it's been about a thousand rockets and missiles that have come into israel from gaza since last when this crisis

really jessica late. sirens go off in towns and villages and the people have to rush to air raid shelters or bunkers, stair wells, wherever they can go. israelis say they won't tolerate it very much longer. that's the israeli perspective. they are going after targets in gaza, but there are plenty of civilians w40 have been killed in the process in gaza because it is such a heavily populated area and some of the missiled are launched from populated areas. then you get the tragic results in the process. >> and we have seen the video of the people fleeing and when they see the sirens running off, just trying anything they can do, wolf, to get to safety. everyone wants this not to escalate. let's talk about the possibility of cease-fire and what you are hearing from your sources. >> i think that there is intense international efforts under way. the president of the united states is deeply involved in this. he is speak together leaders of egypt.

he is hoping that the government of qatar, turkey, that they can convince them to stop with the rockets and hopefully they can have an effort to achieve a long range solution. that's going to be very, very difficult as all of us know. but the prime minister of israel, he says 30,000 ground forces have been activated, they are in training exercises, not far from gaza and they will go in as brutal and ugly as that might, they don't want to do that because it'll cause an enormous amount of pain. israelis had a poor experience under gaza four years ago. and again with hezbollah forces. they don't want to do that but the prime minister feels he has no choice. the next 42 hours will be

critical and i say there is a 50/50 chance after diplomatic cease-fire. >> wolf blitzer, thank you. be sure to join wolf blitzer monday, 4:00 p.m. eastern, for "the situation room," a special edition live from jerusalem. a peace effort under way it stop the violence. egypt working to reinstate a cease-fire. deputy general will arrive in cairo tomorrow. both israelis and palestinians say the solution must come from the other side. >> we are trying to drive home a message to hamas, that they cannot shoot at israeli civilians, try to kill israeli civilianes with impunity. we have been trying to keep down

the amount of civilian deaths on their side. compare that to hamas on us. they are trying to maximize the amount of civilians that they kill. that's the different between a terrorist organization and democratic country. >> i think it takes two to tango here. the ambassador knows that israel invoked hamas by taking out one of their -- on wednesday. they knew that hamas and other fashions would retaliate. so they are also to be blamed for the violence between the gaza strip and israel. it's time for the united states, for international community, to force and pressure israel to lift the siege and that i believe will lead it putting an end to these facilities across the border. president barack obama is in asia at this hour but not everyone is happy about his latest stop. the important political figure

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trip to asia. again, these pictures are just coming in. first time a sitting u.s. president visited the pacific rim. long ruled by a repressive military regime. and you can better believe there's a bit of controversy with this one. cnn's dan loathian traveling with the president. joining us now. so dan, how is the president responding to criticism over this visit? >> reporter: well, you know, obviously the president pushing back on this criticism saying that, you know, if you were to wait around for this country to have a perfect democracy, you might end up waiting a long time. so to that end, the president will be arriving here and as you pointed out and will be meeting with two important figures in this country on this long road to democracy. first of all, the newly elected president and the nobel prize winning opposition leader who was free from house arrest to run for parliament.

but this is a very delicate balance here. not only for the people in this country but also for the u.s. involvement in this process. because as i pointed out, there is a lot of concern that the presidential visit comes a little too early because there are still human rights concerns here. there is still violence and this country still has a long way to go. but as i pointed out, the president pushed back on that during a press conference last night. >> this is not an endorsement of the burmese government. this is an acknowledgement that there is a process under way inside that country. that even a year and a half, two years ago, nobody foresaw. >> reporter: now, president obama is expected to draw parallels between the struggles that african-americans face in

the united states and ongoing struggles in the country. and prepared remarks released a short time ago, the president selected to say quote, i stand before you today as president of the most powerful nation on earth with a heritage that would have once denied me the right to vote. so i believe deeply that this country can transcend. don? >> dan, as we are looking again, as you are up here,er with looking at air force 1 at the airport in myanmar. they are getting the steps in order so the president can deplane there. i'll ask ask you a couple questions as we watch this. does the administration see a real change in myanmar's government in recent years or is this wishful thinking? >> reporter: well, look, there clearly is change here. they do see change. but as they call it, they're not coming here to celebrate how far they have come on this road to democracy. there are small steps that have been taken and they have rewarded action with action. first of all, when the u.s. announced that secretary clinton

would be coming here to visit, remember she came at the end of last year, some political prisoners were released. you had these elections, parliamentary elections. another award from the u.s. they opened an embassy. so they point out there are these little steps that this country has taken and that the u.s. has rewarded them, but at the same time, there is a long way to go. no one believes this country put behind it some of these struggles of the past. the president saying, that coming here will provide some encouragement on that long road to democracy, don. >> dan, i'm being informed that pictures we were looking at were indeed live. we aren't sure because we aren't in charge of the pictures. but again, the president leaving. tell me more about the trip. did she encourage this trip?

>> she really did and remember, she also went to washington back in september and met with the president. very much wanted the president to come here. as you know, there is only one first time that president can come here and that's a very strong signal to the people of this country, of the u.s. seriousness and engagement in this country. and you know, we were talking earlier off camera with you about the acceptance, embrace that we saw after landing here just a short time ago and thousands of school children lined the roadway leading way from the airport. they were chanting, waving flags. this country, many in this country see a real opportunity and the united states sees what's happening here as a model for other countries like north korea. if they do take steps, they do get engaged in some sort of action that u.s. will get

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the pictures have been coming in nonstop really for this israel/hamas fighting. >> the social media war that's going on, simultaneously with the fighting, and gaza,

militants in gaza. we will start off with the media. we have been following the latest here at the international desk coming in from twitter feeds. this is the militant wing of hamas. this is one of the latest pictures they have put on twitter a few hours back, talking about an israeli massacre occurring in gaza today. you can see a lot of pictures coming through. lately a lot of pictures they have put up have been like this one. this is a man we reported on. this one says, his blood will be a curse on israel's military and political leaders. that's the message they put up along with that one. there is another picture of him. on the idf twitter site, lots of posts. they keep coming, coming, coming. this is a photo of israeli children and parents sleeping in

a bomb shelter that is one of the examples of the places in which people have developed shelters because they have been living under the threat of rocket attacks for so long. also in the israel defense forces using a lot of youtube. we are seeing them put out lots of videos throughout the day. this is an example of them saying this is a recap of what happened on the fifth day of fighting. i want to show you a couple of videos that have been getting a lot of traction. they take you inside. let's take the first one first. this takes you inside one of the sites today that was bombed in gaza. this is one the media centers in gaza. this takes us way inside. you can see devastation, destruction, that happened there. another video from israel, getting a lot of traffic today is this. take a look. >> this is channel 2. what you are seeing is one of the interceptors from israel's iron dome program, meeting a

rocket from gaza that was fired into an area near tel aviv. something interesting to note, one of the ones that was intercepted then fell. the interceptor met the record and fell and injured someone in the greater tel aviv area. another case israel is reporting a lot of success in these efforts. i want to tell what amazing pictures, slices of life on both sides. gaza and israel. they have got them up here, cnn.com. if our photographer, dave, will zoom in for a second for me. they are amazing. this is a woman grieving in gaza over lost relatives. this is a car hit by a rocket in southern israel today fired from gaza. these are some kids taking shelter or lying down during the air sirens in israel. and these are kids walking around in an area hit inside gaza. so kids in the conflict, really powerful images. >> you are talking about that iron dome defense system, it's been working well. but it, too, can be overwhelming.

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lawmaker. when he comes out he's expected to make some remarks there. this has been a historic meeting. later mr. obama is expected to address the entire nation of myanmar. this trip has been criticized by some who believe it's too soon. this is part of the administration's plan to try and encourage birma as it was known to continue with the reforms. the united states has reinstated its ambassador to myanmar and has been rolling back economic sanctions on this country to now encourage is civilian

governments. it's not just the united states that's been rolling back these economic sanctions that were in place for many, many years. the union announced there could be easing of sanctions. what is interesting to note is that mr. obama is visiting asia during a very difficult time in the middle east and also while he is engaged in very difficult negotiations with conservatives, congressional republicans over the looming fiscal cliff which takes effect january 1st. there's been some criticism of mr. obama of taking this trip against the background of domestic issues as well as the conflict in gaza. nonetheless, the administration says this is part of the long term view. it's part of the united states pivot towards asia and they can

multitask and deal with the crisis of the day. they are looking at the long view here which is why mr. obama is now visiting myanmar along with the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton. he'll only be on the ground for six or seven hours and then another history making trip when he visits cambodia for a summit. a security summit of asian nations. we're looking at live pictures now. you can see the media gathered outside there. we are expecting to see mr. obama emerge from that door there which is on the right of your screen which we can see. somewhere behind that curtain is president obama. he should be emerging soon to make comments. this will be a brief statement about his meeting.

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once again we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states. earlier he met with the president and we'd like to bring in our white house correspondent who is traveling with president obama. many people around the world know myanmar has burma.

there's been some criticism of this trip by president obama as he's being too much too soon. >> reporter: that's right. there's only one visit that a president has to give in terms of the first visit and many people, there are critics who felt this was too much, too soon. you had the secretary of state who came here at the end of last year and then there was the u.s. ambassador who was reenstated. many felt that was far enough especially since the fact you have some rights issues here. there's still violence in this country. there's still a level corruption. the criticism is you need to give this process some time. the president has talked about we're in the first steps of a long term process to democracy. you need to give it more time to find out if it's a real pathway

to the future or not before rewarding it with a presidential visit. >> what has the administration's response been to all of this criticism? >> reporter: they feel this is an important visit pause becaus does encourage the process along. it's in no way a celebration they have reached the end of the road. >> i'm going to interrupt you because the president has walked out. >> i'd like to say how happy i am to receive president obama in my country and my house. the united states has been in support of the democracy move in burma and we're sure it will continue through the difficult years that lie ahead. i say ahead because the most difficult time in any transition is when we think that success is

in sight. then we have to be very careful that we're not lured by a mirage of success and we're working towards genuine success towards our people and the friendship between our two countries. i believe we have been able to discuss our various concerns openly and as a result of president's visit to this country the relations between our countries can only progress in the right direction. i intend fully to keep in touch with the united states government as far as possible and to make sure that we always with one another on the most important matters. i'm told i have three minutes. i think this is about three minutes. thank you for coming. i leave the floor to president obama. >> i'll try to be equally brief although not as eloquent. i was honored to be the first president to welcome to the

white house. i'm proud to be the first american president to visit this spectacular country. i'm pleased that one of my first stops is to visit with an icon of democracy who has inspired so many people not just in this country but all around the world. i especially want to take suu kyi for welcoming me to her home. here through so many difficult years is we she displayed unbreakable courage and determination. it's where she showed that human freedom and dignity cannot be denied. today marks a new chapter between the united states and burma. i asked secretary clinton to visit this country and explore with suu kyi whether the united states could empower reform efforts and begin a new

relationship between our peoples. in the year since we've seen encouraging progress including suu kyi's release, the lifting of restrictions on the press and eliminate the use of child soldiers. at my direction the united states has responded to support these reforms including the easing of sanctions. as a former legislature myself i followed your role in the new parliament with interest and admiration. real democracy involves having different branches of government check and balance each other. i applaud your efforts in that regard particularly as the head of the econocommittee of the ru law. in my discussions here our goal is to sustain the momentum for

democatization. that includes ending ethnic conflicts and ensuring that the people of this country have access to greater education, health care and economic opportunity. i want to make a pledge to the people of this country that i am confident we can keep and that's if we see continued progress toward reform our bilateral ties will grow stronger and we'll do everything we can to help ensure success. i'm happy to be joined by secretary clinton. this is her last foreign trip that we're going to take together. it's fitting that we come here to a country that she's done so much to support. where did hillary go? where is she? there she is. [ applause ] i could not be for grateful not only for your service, hillary,

but also for the powerful message and suu kyi send about the importance of women and men everywhere embracing and promoting democratic values and human rights. again, i want to thank you for your extraordinary hospitality and grace. the power of your example which has been inspiration to people all around the world, including myself. clearly you will be playing a key role in your country's future for many years to come as burma seeks the freedom and the prosperity and the dignity that not only the people of this country deserve but people all around the world deserve. thank you for your inspiring message. >> u.s. president barack obama speaking on the steps of suu kyi's house on this first visit

by an sitting american president to this country. i guess the key to his remarks is when he said the goal of this visit is to sustain the momentum towards democracy. dan lothian was listening to the comments made by president barack obama. all very positive but also a word of caution that hedging, if you like, that providing this country continue to move forwards reform the bonds would be there. >> reporter: that's right. the rewards will be there. just to back up a bit before the president came out to make those short remarks we were talking about why the white house went ahead with the president's visit despite the fact there was some criticism. you heard the president address that talking about how there was movement on the part of the government here, lifting restrictions on the press, releasing political prisoners, the parliamentary election.

these are things that the administration looks at as positive things. if you're going to sit back and wait for a perfect democracy then you'll have to wait an awful long time. that's not how it works. you can't wait for the perfect before you start taking action. you look for little steps forward and reward that. that's what this trip is all about. by no means is the administration saying things are perfect in this country. they point to some of the problems that exist but small steps are being taken. >> dan, thank you for that. our white house correspondent who is across town at a university where the president will be speaking in the next hour or so. dan rivers was outside the house. he now joins us on the line. dan, this was a historic photo opportunity if nothing else. describe the mood down there.

what has it been like for the people you managed to speak with. >> reporter: i can still hear the cheering of the thousands of people who are outside of the house right now. just watching the president and secretary of state just getting into their cars. a long meeting. a lot longer than scheduled. they were running slightly behind time. it went on for about 40 minutes. there seemed to be real warmth between the three of them. when they arrived there was a kind of traditional why from the president and she returned that courtesy. when she saw hillary clinton they hugged and it was a real warmth. at the end of the remarks they made outside her house a real display of affection to president obama who gave her a

warm kiss on the cheek. it seems the personal relationship between the three of them seems to be very strong. in terms of what will come out of this, there will be critics that are concerned this trip has come too soon. it's rewarding a lack of progress in certain areas in myanmar but i think the president's message here is being consistent all the way through talking about sustaining the momentum towards democracy and pledging that if we can see continued progress toward reform then our relationship will get closer. >> okay. dan rivers on the line there. outside the house of suu kyi where she was meeting with barack obama. a meeting that went longer than all expected. a very warm meeting. we saw the displays of affection where the president wrapped up his remarks. this is one of the most difficult moments when it appears that success is in sight, they must not be lured by

the mirage of success. for our viewers here in the united states we'd like to return you now to "cnn ne newsroom." for our other viewers around the world, we'll take a short break. a lot more when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪

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there 76 people have been killed and more than 600 injured. among the dead, two young palestinian children. a rocket smashed their home while they slept beside their father. >> reporter: this is the result of a blast so powerful a bolder size chunk of the road below hurled through the roof of this two story home. inside his children slept here. >> where was the baby? >> reporter: the babies were under the rubble here and here. they were sleeping with their

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but residents say this also was the result of an airstrike. you look to your left, destruction. people picking out things that anything they can find, and if you look to your right, destruction. the building next to it blown out. and we are standing on what was the roof of a three-story building. in the street below, the man in green holds his head in astonishment. he says, he had a warning the strike was coming. but felt powerless. the idf called us. they warned us at first. we didn't believe them. then they hit us with a small rocket on the roof. ten minutes after that, they hit the house, he says. by then, everybody in his house had evacuated with no time to rescue their belongs. 15 of his neighbors were wounded.

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>> packing the pews of harlem churches in increasing numbers. henry adams specializes in the history. >> i thought of it initially as something bad, but i say, i realize, it is to be able to know each other better and to learn more about each other. there is nothing bad in that. >> what is happening in the pews is not just white tourism. it may be a reflection of something greater. >> do you see the identity of harlem changing or shifting? >> i think demographically you would have to see that there is a change. the harlem of my youth, when i would come to harlem, doesn't look the same. >> statistics show hispanics and whites outpacing the numbers blacks moving into harlem. >> can you no longer make the assumption that all persons who were non-nafrican-americans that were whites were tourist. they were persons who live in the community, came to the

community and wanted to find a place to have a transformative encounter with god. >> the changing face in harlem, still being moved by the age-old gospel. jason carol, cnn, new york. >> go harlem. go harlem. soledad o'brien examines questions about skin color and race. who is black in america appears sunday, december 9, only on cnn. big fan of harlem. here are other stories we are watching tonight for you. after 127 days in space, astronaut sunita williams is back on earth. with after the astronauts from japan and russia, they arrived in kazakhstan. during the trip she broke the record for time of women walking in space. vice president joe biden was in new jersey, visiting areas destroyed by superstorm sandy. he volunteered seaside heights,

meeting first responders who lost their homes in the storm. he talked about his personal connection to the region and pledged long-term help. during superstorm sandy, chris christie was firm about the importance of evacuating and unhappy with those who stayed in harm's way. christie stopped by saturday night live last night for a self parody for his hard nosed communication style. he dished out some hard jabs, including to those of us in the media. >> i do not thank any of the stupid mayors who ignored my evacuation rules, you're idiots. and when you ignore me, it makes you look like a real seth meyers. >> oh, come on. >> i'm speaking here. >> all right. >> i also do not want it thank the reporters that put themselves in danger. you no, by walking into the middle of the hurricane with their cameras. we don't need you to tell us there's a hurricane. we have windows.

and finally, i do not want to thank the people who are getting in screaming matches at gas stations over the long lines. look, screaming at people at gas stations is a new jersey tradition. but, you don't do it during a crisis. there will be plenty of time for yelling when this is all over. >> chris christie. what do you think? next president? could be. just saying. he has a sense of humor. always welcome. i'm don lemon, have a great week. good night.

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